Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

संपूर्णे तु व्रते तस्या दिव्यं वक्त्रं सुलोचनम् । सुशोभनं दीर्घकेशं दीर्घकर्णं शुभद्विजम्

Transliteration

saṃpūrṇe tu vrate tasyā divyaṃ vaktraṃ sulocanam | suśobhanaṃ dīrghakeśaṃ dīrghakarṇaṃ śubhadvijam

Translation

Als ihr Gelübde vollendet war, offenbarte sich an ihr ein göttliches, schönes Antlitz mit lieblichen Augen—strahlend, mit langem Haar und langen Ohren und mit vortrefflichen, glückverheißenden Zähnen.

Word by Word

• saṃpūrṇe: when completed
• saṃpūrṇe: Adhikarana (Location/State/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃpūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifies vrate)

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वय-अव्यय (particle: 'but/indeed')

• vrate: in the vow
• vrate: Adhikarana (Location/State/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• divyam: divine
• divyam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifies vaktram)

• vaktram: face
• vaktram: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaktra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• sulocanam: beautiful-eyed
• sulocanam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su + locana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (सु- 'good' + लोचन 'eye' → 'having good eyes')

• suśobhanam: very splendid
• suśobhanam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su + śobhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (सु + शोभन)

• dīrghakeśam: long-haired
• dīrghakeśam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dīrgha + keśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास ('long-haired')

• dīrghakarṇam: long-eared
• dīrghakarṇam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dīrgha + karṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास ('long-eared')

• śubhadvijam: with auspicious teeth (lit. auspicious dvija)
• śubhadvijam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha + dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास ('auspicious twice-born/teeth')

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Upon completing her vow, the woman’s appearance becomes divinely radiant: beautiful face, lotus-like eyes, long hair, long ears, and shining auspicious teeth—an iconographic moment of transfiguration after austerity.

Characters & Entities

• Vrata (completed)
• Tīrtha-induced transformation (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Completion of a disciplined vow is portrayed as producing auspicious refinement—outer beauty symbolizing inner purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The transformation is presented within the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra māhātmya, implying the tīrtha’s sanctifying potency.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse refers to the completion of her vrata; the specific vows were named in the prior verse (Sārasvata and Cāndrāyaṇa).